Dieuwke Zwier
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social
Postdoc @eui-eu.bsky.social (& @roamaastricht.bsky.social) | PhD from @uva.nl @aissr.bsky.social | sociology of education, social stratification, school choice, social networks
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Dieuwke Zwier
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Tuesday was a very special day for me. I successfully defended my PhD on socio-economic disparities and peer dynamics in school choice (cum laude 🎉) 1/2
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see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
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📢 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 at the @odissei.bsky.social 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, Utrecht
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social)
on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍
Thank you to the organisers for a great event!
📄LEARN Working paper coming soon!
#LEARNIneq
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social)
on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍
Thank you to the organisers for a great event!
📄LEARN Working paper coming soon!
#LEARNIneq
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📢 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 at the @odissei.bsky.social 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, Utrecht
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social)
on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍
Thank you to the organisers for a great event!
📄LEARN Working paper coming soon!
#LEARNIneq
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social)
on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍
Thank you to the organisers for a great event!
📄LEARN Working paper coming soon!
#LEARNIneq
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Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social discusses how the primary school outcomes of Dutch pupils are shaped by neighbourhood and school contexts🧑🏫
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social discusses how the primary school outcomes of Dutch pupils are shaped by neighbourhood and school contexts🧑🏫
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@hermwerf.bsky.social presenting about a sorting and learning model of educational inequality.
Although starting at 9am, packed room
What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes)
#ECSR2025
Although starting at 9am, packed room
What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes)
#ECSR2025
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@hermwerf.bsky.social presenting about a sorting and learning model of educational inequality.
Although starting at 9am, packed room
What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes)
#ECSR2025
Although starting at 9am, packed room
What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes)
#ECSR2025
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Preparing for the #ecsr2025 conference later this week. @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social and I present about A Sorting and Learning Model of Educational Inequality. The empirical case we study is the causal effect of the classical gymnasium on student achievement....
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Preparing for the #ecsr2025 conference later this week. @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social and I present about A Sorting and Learning Model of Educational Inequality. The empirical case we study is the causal effect of the classical gymnasium on student achievement....
🎉 The last chapter of my dissertation is out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social!
Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🎉 The last chapter of my dissertation is out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social!
Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
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Dieuwke Zwier finds that schools with progressive learning concepts are less popular among lower-SES students, while higher-SES students are comparatively less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dieuwke Zwier finds that schools with progressive learning concepts are less popular among lower-SES students, while higher-SES students are comparatively less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🧵1/8
In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation.
Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have?
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation.
Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have?
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
June 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🧵1/8
In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation.
Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have?
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation.
Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have?
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027
🔔New paper (early OA) in @europeansocieties.bsky.social!
Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...
Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...
One track mind: Secondary effects in school choice and social capital in a stratified system
Abstract. At similar performance levels, socio-economically advantaged students typically choose more demanding and prestigious educational paths than their less advantaged peers. Such secondary effec...
doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🔔New paper (early OA) in @europeansocieties.bsky.social!
Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...
Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...
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Our latest policy brief is here! 🎉 Unseen Currents: How Peer Networks Shape School Choice and Inequality in Dutch Education, compiled by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social & Doris Hanappi for the @horizoneu.bsky.social LEARN Project. 📑 Read the full brief here: zenodo.org/records/14500599
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our latest policy brief is here! 🎉 Unseen Currents: How Peer Networks Shape School Choice and Inequality in Dutch Education, compiled by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social & Doris Hanappi for the @horizoneu.bsky.social LEARN Project. 📑 Read the full brief here: zenodo.org/records/14500599
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A perfectly organized RC28, brilliant presentations, and sunny Milan vibes ☀️
As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!)
#RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!)
#RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A perfectly organized RC28, brilliant presentations, and sunny Milan vibes ☀️
As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!)
#RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!)
#RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
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@clic.bsky.social proudly congratulates the winner of the @isa-rc28.bsky.social conference bingo of this year's meeting in Milan 🥳
Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social
Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
@clic.bsky.social proudly congratulates the winner of the @isa-rc28.bsky.social conference bingo of this year's meeting in Milan 🥳
Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social
Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social
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☀️ RC28 starting in Milan tomorrow and we are very happy to see many CLICers & friends on the program 🔥
Join us in these great sessions👇
Join us in these great sessions👇
March 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
☀️ RC28 starting in Milan tomorrow and we are very happy to see many CLICers & friends on the program 🔥
Join us in these great sessions👇
Join us in these great sessions👇
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Eppo Bruins wil in de voorhoede blijven van landen waar wetenschappers voor kiezen.
Daarom (checks notes):
- heftige bezuinigingen
- de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL)
- morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen
Daarom (checks notes):
- heftige bezuinigingen
- de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL)
- morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Eppo Bruins wil in de voorhoede blijven van landen waar wetenschappers voor kiezen.
Daarom (checks notes):
- heftige bezuinigingen
- de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL)
- morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen
Daarom (checks notes):
- heftige bezuinigingen
- de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL)
- morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen
It's great to see such a high turnout at the strike of the University of Amsterdam against the budget cuts in Dutch higher education! 🟥 @woinactie.bsky.social #DoeHetNiet
4,5 duizend docenten van de hogeschool en universiteit van Amsterdam op de Dam - protesteren tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs
March 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's great to see such a high turnout at the strike of the University of Amsterdam against the budget cuts in Dutch higher education! 🟥 @woinactie.bsky.social #DoeHetNiet
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💡 Knowing the education system boosts student performance, especially for less privileged kids, reducing inequality
📈 New research by @sarageven.bsky.social & @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social shows cultural capital matters—more knowledge, better results.
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
📈 New research by @sarageven.bsky.social & @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social shows cultural capital matters—more knowledge, better results.
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based Assessments
Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
💡 Knowing the education system boosts student performance, especially for less privileged kids, reducing inequality
📈 New research by @sarageven.bsky.social & @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social shows cultural capital matters—more knowledge, better results.
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
📈 New research by @sarageven.bsky.social & @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social shows cultural capital matters—more knowledge, better results.
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 New paper out with @sarageven.bsky.social (lead author) in @bjsociology.bsky.social! Read Sara's 🧵 or the Dutch summary by @fmg-uva.bsky.social linked below to learn more about the findings.
🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
March 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 New paper out with @sarageven.bsky.social (lead author) in @bjsociology.bsky.social! Read Sara's 🧵 or the Dutch summary by @fmg-uva.bsky.social linked below to learn more about the findings.
🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
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New paper out with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social in @bjse.bsky.social on students’ interactional cultural capital and school performance @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based Assessments
Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New paper out with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social in @bjse.bsky.social on students’ interactional cultural capital and school performance @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave?
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave?
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
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Curious about student sorting in Dutch schools? Join us for the seminar "Be True to Your School: School Profiling and School Sorting by Socio-Economic Status" by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social (EUI & ROA Maastricht University). 📚🎓
📅 March 4, 14:30 - 16:00
💻 Online option available!
📅 March 4, 14:30 - 16:00
💻 Online option available!
March 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Curious about student sorting in Dutch schools? Join us for the seminar "Be True to Your School: School Profiling and School Sorting by Socio-Economic Status" by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social (EUI & ROA Maastricht University). 📚🎓
📅 March 4, 14:30 - 16:00
💻 Online option available!
📅 March 4, 14:30 - 16:00
💻 Online option available!
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ROA is now also on Bluesky!
We are a research institute at Maastricht University, specialized in applied social scientific research on of education and the labour market. We do both high-level scientific research and policy research.
Follow us to learn more about our research and institute!
We are a research institute at Maastricht University, specialized in applied social scientific research on of education and the labour market. We do both high-level scientific research and policy research.
Follow us to learn more about our research and institute!
February 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ROA is now also on Bluesky!
We are a research institute at Maastricht University, specialized in applied social scientific research on of education and the labour market. We do both high-level scientific research and policy research.
Follow us to learn more about our research and institute!
We are a research institute at Maastricht University, specialized in applied social scientific research on of education and the labour market. We do both high-level scientific research and policy research.
Follow us to learn more about our research and institute!
Extremely proud! 💖
✨ Last Friday, I defended my PhD in Communication Science at @ascor.bsky.social 🎓 ✨
February 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Extremely proud! 💖
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‘Ongelijkheid wordt alleen maar groter’: sociaaleconomische status van ouders is van grote invloed op schoolkeuze van kind
‘Ongelijkheid wordt alleen maar groter’: sociaaleconomische status van ouders is van grote invloed op schoolkeuze van kind
De sociaaleconomische status van ouders heeft grote invloed op de middelbareschoolkeuze van kinderen, zegt promovendus Dieuwke Zwier. ‘Kansenongelijkheid wordt hierdoor alleen groter.’
www.parool.nl
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
‘Ongelijkheid wordt alleen maar groter’: sociaaleconomische status van ouders is van grote invloed op schoolkeuze van kind
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De sociaaleconomische status van ouders heeft grote invloed op de middelbareschoolkeuze van kinderen, zegt promovendus @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social.
“Segregatie is schadelijk omdat het, als je omringd wordt met kinderen zoals jij, moeilijk is te leren omgaan met andere perspectieven en diversiteit.”
“Segregatie is schadelijk omdat het, als je omringd wordt met kinderen zoals jij, moeilijk is te leren omgaan met andere perspectieven en diversiteit.”
Segregatie in onderwijs ondanks vrije schoolkeuze: ‘Ongelijkheid wordt alleen maar groter’
De sociaaleconomische status van ouders heeft grote invloed op de middelbareschoolkeuze van kinderen, zegt promovendus Dieuwke Zwier. ‘Kansenongelijkheid wordt hierdoor alleen groter.’
www.parool.nl
February 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
De sociaaleconomische status van ouders heeft grote invloed op de middelbareschoolkeuze van kinderen, zegt promovendus @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social.
“Segregatie is schadelijk omdat het, als je omringd wordt met kinderen zoals jij, moeilijk is te leren omgaan met andere perspectieven en diversiteit.”
“Segregatie is schadelijk omdat het, als je omringd wordt met kinderen zoals jij, moeilijk is te leren omgaan met andere perspectieven en diversiteit.”